Storm-front for buggies.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

J. A. WILSON. STORM FRONT FOR BUGGIES.

AP IOATIO "UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. WILSON, OF GEORGETOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, MENTS, OF ONE-HALF TOLORA DUNN WILSON,

OHIO.

BY MESNE ASSIGN- OF GEORGETOWN,

STORM-FRONT FOR BUGGIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented May 29, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1906. Serial No. 262,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. WILsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Georgetown, in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Irnthe storm-front is connected all danger ofWorking loose at the top, bottom, or sides is entirely avoided.

With these various objects in view my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is an interiorview showing the manner of connecting the lower portion of thestormfront to the dashboard of the vehicle. Fig. 3 is a front elevationof the buggy-top with the storm-front-attaching means shown in section.Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the connecting means. Fig. 6 is a detailsection on the line 6 6 of Fi 3. Fig. 7 isa view showing the manner ofconnecting the side of the apron or front to the upright of the top.Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of the springclasp.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the carriage-body, and B the topthereof, and O is the storm-front or apron, which is so shaped as toextend from the front of the top with a buckle H,

gy and in such a manner that apron, as most clearly shown at O in Fig.6, and is secured by a line of stitching or in any other suitablemanner. This strap D does not extend to the side edges of the apron, butstops some distance short of said edges, and connected to the ends ofthe strap are the coil-springs E, said coil-springs being enveloped inthe hem, and at their outer ends they have the depending hooks F looselyconnected thereto, and each hook has a handstrap G fastened thereto, bymeans of which the hooks F can bepulled down and brought into engagementwith the top joints of the carriage-top, it being understood that thehand-straps G extend down between the carriage-cover and the storm-frontor apron, so as to be within convenient reach of the person within thecarriage. After the hooks have once been brought into engagement withthe top joint the top portion of the apron or storm-front will betightly held to the carriage-top and all danger of displacement entirelyavoided.

For the purpose of fastening the lower portion of the apron or front Iemploy two straps H, connected to the interior of the apron adjacent thelower end thereof and provided by means of which they can be fastenedupon the inner side of the dashboard, the apron or storm-front extendingover the dashboard, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and for thepurpose of preventing the lower end of the apron or front riding up onthe dashboard I employ a strap I, having a hook K at'its lower end,which is adapted to engage the foot-rail L, the upper end of the strap Ibeing fastened to one of the straps H adjacent its inner end. The apronis also provided at each side with a strap M, which carries at its rearend a spring-clasp N, preferably made of a single piece of wire andcomprising two jaws and a central coil, said clasp being adapted to engage the bow-sockets near their lower ends, and thereby hold the sidesof the apron or front in their proper position, the springjaws of theclasp embracing and holding fast the bow-sockets; but it will beunderstood that when it is desired to disengage the apron or front aquick pull will serve to disengage the clasps. It will also beunderstood that in order to disengage the top it is only necessary topull down upon the hand-straps G and throw the hooks F out of engagementwith the top joints. The front can then be detached from the dashboardand folded up and packed away.

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly simple and efiicientmeans for securing the storm-front or apron to the top and dashboard ofthe vehicle, said means being of such a construction that the attachmentand detachment can be made very easily and in a very short space oftime.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A storm-front for buggies comprising an apron provided Wil'ihStI'fiiPSconnected tovgether by a buckle, a strap connected to said carryingcoil-springs at its end Within the hem, hooks loosely connected to theends of said springs, hand-straps connected to the free ends of saidhooks, and straps carried by each side of the apron provided withspringclasps, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN A. 'WILSON. Witnesses:

E. PARKER, GEO. C. BARNES

